Naturally, a part of creating a business is to get it registered. To do so, you can choose between the French business e-registration service, or one of the many Business start-up centers spread over the French territory. Whatever option you choose, it will only take a couple of days from the moment you do registration until it comes into effect and your French business is born.

Indeed, after several major reforms of regulatory framework and administrative procedures, business opportunities in France have become truly accessible to international business investors. Optimized procedures make it fast and easy for your investment in France to take form.

The right legal form for your business in France

When you opt for starting an Affiliate with full rights on French territory, you commit to ordinary business set-up steps such as assigning legal representatives, writing the company statutes and defining a name, purchasing an insurance to cover your business, and doing the crucial choice of legal form for your company.

Though further options are available, these are the main legal forms that are dominating the French business world: